“El Norte,” classic immigrant movie, returns to 200 big screens for one day only

DENVER, Aug. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/El Norte, the epic and widely acclaimed masterpiece about the dreams of immigrants from Central America and the promise of America, will return to movie theaters in select markets this September in a special one-day-only 35th anniversary presentation from Fathom Events and global content leader Lionsgate.

Directed by Gregory Nava from a screenplay co-written by Anna Thomas, El Norte will play on Sunday, September 15—the first day of National Hispanic Heritage Month—in more than 200 movie theaters in select markets nationwide. This special one-day-only presentation will include an exclusive introduction by Nava, whose films also include the beloved hits Selena and Mi Familia. The Fathom Events screenings will also include a brand-new featurette that explores the making of the film and features the film’s stars, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando. Nava’s introduction and the behind-the-scenes featurette will be presented in both English and Spanish.

35 years after Its original theatrical release, the Oscar® Nominated Classic will play on more than 200 screens to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month.

Tickets for “El Norte 35th Anniversary” are available at www.FathomEvents.com and at participating movie theater box offices. All event attendees will also receive a free, two-week trial offer to Pantaya, the first-ever premium streaming destination for world-class movies and series in Spanish.

The Fathom Events presentation of El Norte is the film’s first theatrical release since it debuted in U.S. theaters in 1984, and will be shown in an exquisite, state-of-the-art restoration produced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and the Getty Foundation. Following this special event, Lionsgate will release “El Norte” on digital formats on September 17.

“Nava’s groundbreaking and achingly humanistic narrative is the quintessential film about immigration,” wrote noted film critic Claudia Puig of USA Today/NPR. “Today, 35 years after its debut, El Norte is the film of our time.”

From “El Norte” David Villalpando-zaide and Sylvia Gutierrez

Nominated for an Oscar® for its emotional and compassionate original screenplay, written by Nava and Anna Thomas, El Norte was named to the U.S. National Film Registry of “culturally significant films” in 1995, and has now been exquisitely restored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. After their family is killed in a government massacre, brother and sister Enrique (Villalpando) and Rosa (Gutiérrez) flee Guatemala and embark on a perilous journey to “El Norte”: the United States. This timeless, visually epic story of Enrique and Rosa’s courageous struggle to make a better life in the U.S. as undocumented immigrants resonates today with remarkable force and remains an unforgettable portrait of the power of the human spirit.

El Norte features a cast filled with noted Latin actors, led by Gutiérrez and Villalpando and also including Lupe Ontiveros, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Enrique Castillo and Tony Plana.

“El Norte is a special, magical film, a cinematic epic we are proud to showcase, particularly as issues of immigrants and their hopes and dreams fill the headlines,” said Tom Lucas,Fathom Events Vice President of Studio Relations. “Gregory Nava has created a modern American epic, one that resonates as strongly today as it did 35 years ago.”

About El Norte
After their family is killed in a government massacre, brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee Guatemala and embark on a perilous journey to “El Norte”: the United States. This timeless, visually epic story of Enrique and Rosa’s courageous struggle to make a better life in the U.S. as undocumented immigrants resonates today with remarkable force and remains an unforgettable portrait of the power of the human spirit.

This incredible experience will allow audiences to view the film’s Academy restoration with a new introduction by Nava and a post-credits featurette with stars Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando, who portrayed the migrant siblings

*1984, Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen), Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas. Oscar® is the registered trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

About Fathom EventsFathom Events is the leading event cinema distributor with theater locations in all top 100 DMAs® (Designated Market Areas) and ranks as one of the largest overall theater content distributors. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC); Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK); and Regal, a subsidiary of the Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L), Fathom Events offers a variety of unique entertainment events in movie theaters such as live performances of the Metropolitan Opera, top Broadway stage productions, major sporting events, epic concerts, the yearlong TCM Big Screen Classics series, inspirational events and popular anime franchises.

Fathom Events takes audiences behind the scenes for unique extras including audience Q&As, backstage footage and interviews with cast and crew, creating the ultimate VIP experience. Fathom Events’ live Digital Broadcast Network (“DBN”) is the largest cinema broadcast network in North America, bringing live and pre-recorded events to 975 locations and 1,578 screens in 181 DMAs. The company also provides corporations a compelling national footprint for hosting employee meetings, customer rewards events and new product launches. For more information, visit www.FathomEvents.com.

Film Trivia

When STEVEN SPIELBERG saw Gregory Nava at a movie premiere he wanted to know two things: how did he do the rat scene (which he then used in his next Raiders of the Lost Ark sequel) and how did he get the huge shots of the moon.
The underground tunnel in “El Norte” where the immigrants from Central America enter the US. It took them a long time to get 400 sterile brown rats from laboratories all across the country. He said that the actors who played Rosa and Enrique were really bitten, as were everyone on the set. They origionally had doubles to play Rosa and Enrique but it did not look real, so they played themselves in that scene. It was important for them that this be a good scene because they knew that people were really suffering in this way.

Spielberg was interested because he had not been able to get what he wanted when he did the bicycle in the moon scene in ET: The Extraterrestrial. Nava had gotten hold of one of the only two existing special 1,000 millimeter lenses in the world (ironically, made and used by the CIA).

About Lionsgate
The first major new studio in decades, Lionsgate is a global content leader whose films, television series, digital products and linear and over-the-top platforms reach next generation audiences around the world. In addition to its filmed entertainment leadership, Lionsgate content drives a growing presence in interactive and location-based entertainment, video games, esports and other new entertainment technologies. Lionsgate’s content initiatives are backed by a nearly 17,000-title film and television library and delivered through a global sales and distribution infrastructure. The Lionsgate brand is synonymous with original, daring and ground-breaking content created with special emphasis on the evolving patterns and diverse composition of the company’s worldwide consumer base.

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